The Hillsborough Education Foundation is a learning foundation offering scholarships and grants as well as student aid to high school seniors and college students in the Hillsborough Florida area. The Hillsborough Education foundation was founded in 1988 and has since collected almost 5 million yearly to donate to public schools in need and needy students.
Fund Raising
The Hillsborough Education Foundation participates in several fund raising campaigns throughout the year including requests for donations, dinners, dances and musical events such as concerts that are designed to raise money for education. The foundation generally succeeds in raising about 5 million per year and donates about 92% of this directly to schools and needy students.
Scholarships
The Hillsborough Education foundation offers scholarships to needy and talented students between the amounts of $500 and $20,000 depending upon available funds, student need and donation matches received by the foundation. This means that for post-secondary education, a qualifying student can receive anywhere from a small amount of aid to full coverage for a year of tuition.
Improving Public Schools
The main function of the Hillsborough Education Foundation is to provide funding for needy public schools in order to improve their learning programs, teacher salary and etc. This includes awarding cash prizes to teacher of the year, helping with tuition and book purchase for schools and much more. While this is not of any aid to students wishing to pursue higher education, it does improve the general quality of education for many children which can be a great benefit later in life.
Career Academies
Career Academies are programs funded by the Hillsborough Education foundation with the purpose of teaching students college preparatory classes for a variety of subjects. These courses function as a way of preparing high school students to attend college and to give students a basic knowledge of a course so that they can enter an entry level job or etc.
Application for Scholarships
If you would like to apply for a Hillsborough Education Foundation scholarship than you should fill out the application form along with an FAFSA and request a student financial aid letter from the college you are planning to attend. Application is open between November and January 11 of the year before you wish to attend college.